New polling on January 6 is a MAJOR BUZZKILL to Brian Stelter and many other journos

CNN’s Brian Stelter covered the upcoming anniversary of the January 6 riot at the Capitol “like it’s the Normandy invasion” on his show this morning:

Watch how this Reliable Sources panel discusses covering 1/6 like it's the Normandy invasion. pic.twitter.com/32Cta4AEGS

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 2, 2022

According to the panelist, journos are “still dealing with that and feeling like we need to convey to others how serious it was”:

“There’s a bit of an informal network of reporters who’ve been through it that day, and are still coping with that, who are leaning on each other and talking to each other … we’re all still dealing with that and feeling like we need to convey to others how serious it was”

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 2, 2022

Man, it’s going to be a long week:

Watch how this Twitter user mocks reporters for talking candidly about the trauma associated with the Capitol attack https://t.co/RbOnhKqThu

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 2, 2022

And we regret to inform Brian and many other journos that the country has moved on:

The Republican Party’s Image Has Recovered From the Fallout of Jan. 6https://t.co/BZp4GxCIoG pic.twitter.com/SCcyIe02qu

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) January 2, 2022

LOL Dems:

And while the GOP's image has improved over the past year to reach this level, during the same period, the Dem Party's image has declined. pic.twitter.com/s282xzWGco

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) January 2, 2022

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There is so much other stuff going on, too:

I don’t think January 6th is going to help the Democrats like the media seems to think it will. But there is a genuine obsession in the press about it. It was a bad day, but it doesn’t outweigh crime, inflation, COVID, school closures, etc. for voters.

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) January 2, 2022

And there is a large group of voters we suspect who agree with this 100%:

The criticism would resonate more with the public if the press had condemned all forms of political violence, left and right, instead of condoning & cheering on deadly riots all summer.

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) January 2, 2022

But THIS is exactly how journos are treating it:

The NYT editorial today makes it sounds like the burning of the Reichstag. You have to be so far gone down the #resistance rabbit hole to be genuinely concerned about it in light of everything else going on.

— Tana Ganeva (@TanaGaneva) January 2, 2022

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